§ MR. REA (Gloucester)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state what was the total sum expended 1159 under Class 5 of the Civil Service Estimates on the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies in the years 1901–2 and 1902–3 respectively, including any grants-in-aid.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) Civil Service Estimates. 1901–1902. Class 5. Vote 3.—Transvaal non-effective charges, £946 2s.; Transvaal Special Commission, £2.899 3s. 4d.; Transvaal Concessions and Land Settlement Commissions, £494 9s. 7d.* Vote 6.—Grant-in-Aid of the Revenues of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, £6,500,000†. 1902–1903. Class 5. Vote 3.—Grant-in-Aid of the Revenues of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, £1,800,000; Supplementary, £1,000,000; Transvaal non-effective charges, £897 7s. 8d. Vote 8.—Grant-in-Aid of the Revenue of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, £8,000,000‡; total, £17,305,237 2s. 7d.